The United States loses about 1.5 million acres every year (roughly a football field every 30 seconds). Population growth is responsible for most of that loss. With federal immigration policies driving nearly all of projected population growth, Congress and the president have an opportunity every day to stop the destruction of habitats and animals brought about by our own increasing numbers.
Ongoing mass immigration is not going to "fix" Social Security. At most, it can lead to more contributions to the Social Security Trust Fund in the short-term, but comparisons to a Ponzi scheme are on the mark. The system is not sustainable.
Americans are tired of the downstream effects of unsustainable population growth, and support reducing immigration to ease congestion, crowding, and development over America's open spaces. This is true across the nation but one state in particular is waking up to just how out of step its leaders are with the public.
A conversation with Rob Montz, filmmaker, and CEO of Good Kid Productions, and Roy Beck, author of Back of the Hiring Line
Immigration numbers must be a factor in policy decisions to ensure on-shore renewal of manufacturing jobs from the CHIPS and Inflation Reduction Acts go to American workers first.
Politicians and editorial boards in drought-stricken states continue to welcome and even champion high immigration rates that drive up the population. The growth didn't cause the water crisis, but it is exasperating the consequences.
In her review of Roy Beck's Back of the Hiring Line for American Affairs, Pamela Denise Long urges her readers to look at the history of great waves of immigration through the eyes of "one of our nation's oldest citizen groups, American Freedmen."
A scathing new report from the DHS Inspector General concluded that "DHS may have admitted or paroled individuals into the United States who pose a risk to national security and the safety of local communities." The report's findings and timing are significant considering some lawmakers are working to give green cards to Afghan parolees.
Americans have just celebrated Labor Day, and while their President has talked much about unions during his tenure, his Administration is still fighting against workers at every turn. The latest example is in a perpetually expanded H-2B visa program.
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may proceed against the Biden administration for violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to provide an environmental impact analysis of its border policies.